Newcastle City Council election, 2015
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The 2015 Newcastle City Council Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England.[1] The elections took place on the same day as other local elections.
During the election campaign, hustings were held by JesmondLocal in the North and South Jesmond Wards.[2]
The result saw the majority of governing Labour Party members increase in the council chamber, with winners in seats in the wards Castle and North Jesmond replacing one Liberal Democrat councillor each for these. Westerhope saw its third independent councillor elected, Pat Hillicks winning the seat with a 1,319 majority over the Labour Party candidate.
In West Gosforth, the Conservative candidate Steve Kyte came close to victory, the last such occasion being 1992, coming 17 votes short. UKIP candidates attracted more support on average than in any previous year, coming second in Byker and in Lemington.
Overall results
Newcastle City Council election, 2015[3][4] | |||||||
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Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | Percentage | ||
Labour | 22 | 31 | 53 | +2 | 57,144 | 45.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 18 | 22 | -3 | 22,607 | 17.8% | |
Independent | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2,896 | 2.3% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 17,936 | 14.1% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 15,991 | 12.6% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 7,950 | 6.3% | |
Newcastle First | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 1,785 | 1.4% | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 763 | 0.6% | |
Total | 27 | 51 | 78 | ±0 | 127,072 | – | |
Turnout | 65% | ||||||
Ward results
The electoral division results are listed below:[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hazel Stephenson | 2,773 | 57.8 | -10.7 | |
UKIP | Michael Scott | 1,137 | 23.7 | +23.7 | |
Conservative | Neville Armstrong | 508 | 10.6 | +0.3 | |
Green | Lee Irving | 203 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Roland Clark | 178 | 3.7 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 1,636 | 34.1 | -23.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,799 | 56 | +19.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Pearson | 2,549 | 55.4 | -3.9 | |
UKIP | Daniel Percy | 846 | 18.4 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | James Langley | 532 | 11.6 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bill Schardt | 428 | 9.3 | -23.7 | |
Green | Brendan Derham | 244 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 1,703 | 37.0 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,599 | 56 | +15.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Dunn | 2,373 | 59.0 | -13.6 | |
UKIP | Raymond Hardy | 804 | 20.0 | +20.0 | |
Conservative | Donald Robinson | 389 | 9.7 | +5.1 | |
Green | Cat Lyth | 225 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Nelson | 172 | 4.3 | -1.8 | |
TUSC | Ryan Holmes | 56 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,569 | 39.0 | 24.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,019 | 51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Hunter | 2,200 | 36.4 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Phillip Lower | 1,974 | 32.6 | -13.1 | |
Conservative | Mary Toward | 990 | 16.4 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Tim Marron | 886 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 226 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,050 | 70.0 | +24.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bob Renton | 2,086 | 38.7 | -10.8 | |
Labour | Sheila Spencer | 1,730 | 32.1 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | James Bartle | 755 | 14.0 | -0.5 | |
UKIP | Tony Sanderson | 463 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Green | Tom Targett | 350 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 356 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,384 | 72.8 | +25.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Bird | 2,306 | |||
Labour | Melissa Davies | 1,995 | |||
UKIP | Will Solyom | 999 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Colin Daglish | 673 | |||
Conservative | Alan Birkmyre | 670 | |||
Conservative | Colin Foster | 499 | |||
Newcastle First | Jason Smith | 467 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Helen Laverick | 380 | |||
Turnout | 7,985 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Henry Gallagher | 1,951 | 36.0 | -5.0 | |
Labour | Ed Derrick | 1,733 | 31.9 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | Alison Wake | 935 | 17.2 | +4.0 | |
Green | Joe Herbert | 537 | 9.9 | -0.8 | |
UKIP | Tony Coxall | 214 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
TUSC | Nicholas Fray | 55 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 218 | 4.0 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 5425 | 75.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dipu Ahad | 2,644 | 68.2 | -10.8 | |
UKIP | David Muat | 623 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | Ronald Toward | 240 | 6.2 | +0.7 | |
Green | Jacob Strauss | 170 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Judith Fourie | 143 | 3.7 | -0.5 | |
Newcastle First | Olga Shorton | 58 | 1.5 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 2,021 | 52.1 | -17.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,878 | 55.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Antoine Tinnion | 1,919 | 42.6 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tracy Connell | 1,409 | 31.3 | -19.3 | |
UKIP | Alexis Fernandes | 637 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Steve Axford | 365 | 8.1 | +5.2 | |
Green | Liam Christie | 170 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 510 | 12.0 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,500 | 61.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Tokell | 2,506 | 52.4 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Peter Grey | 1,025 | 21.4 | +21.4 | |
Conservative | Ken Wake | 632 | 13.2 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | PJ Morrissey | 407 | 8.5 | -16.7 | |
Green | Jess Poyner | 212 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 1,481 | 31.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,782 | 60.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Lambert | 2,647 | 58.6 | -12.1 | |
UKIP | Penelope Stansfield | 678 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Simon Bell | 646 | 14.3 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Down | 286 | 6.3 | -8.9 | |
Green | Helena Rohlfing | 190 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
TUSC | Oisin Gourley | 70 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,969 | 43.6 | -11.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,517 | 56.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barry Phillipson | 2,158 | |||
Labour | Kim McGuinness | 2,052 | |||
UKIP | Mike Adie | 1,042 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lawrence Hunter | 672 | |||
Conservative | Kieran McNally | 501 | |||
Newcastle First | Sarah Armstrong | 414 | |||
Conservative | Emmett McNally | 414 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ian Laverick | 298 | |||
Turnout | 7,551 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hillary Franks | 2,024 | 45.5 | ||
UKIP | James Robertson | 908 | 20.4 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Wonnacott | 505 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | James Kenyon | 321 | 7.2 | ||
Independent | Idwal John | 232 | 5.2 | ||
Green | Claire Henly | 157 | 3.5 | ||
Newcastle First | John Gordon | 154 | 3.5 | ||
Independent | Jennifer Nixon | 146 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 1,116 | 25.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,447 | 62.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Bowman | 1,926 | 37.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christine Morrissey | 1,869 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | Heather Chambers | 502 | 9.6 | ||
Green | Chris Hayday | 468 | 9.0 | ||
UKIP | Elisabeth Edmundson | 397 | 7.6 | ||
TUSC | Lizi Gray | 49 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 57 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,211 | 72.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Perry | 1,501 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Gerard Keating | 1,312 | 29.3 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Sinclair | 925 | 20.7 | ||
Green | Shehla Naqvi | 549 | 12.3 | ||
UKIP | Joseph Levy | 129 | 2.9 | ||
Independent | Michael Charlton | 57 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 189 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,473 | 58.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Powers | 1,802 | 43.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Howse | 906 | 21.6 | ||
Green | Cameron Christian | 722 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | Toby Millar | 457 | 10.9 | ||
UKIP | David Robinson Young | 258 | 6.2 | ||
TUSC | Matt Wilson-Boddy | 44 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 896 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,189 | 58.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Down | 2,477 | 42.9 | ||
Labour | Shumel Rahman | 1,376 | 23.8 | ||
Conservative | Karen Jewers | 1,237 | 21.4 | ||
UKIP | John Atkinson | 400 | 6.9 | ||
Green | Alistar Ford | 283 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 1,101 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,773 | 73.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Jones | 1,987 | 48.5 | ||
Green | Andrew Gray | 1,163 | 28.4 | ||
Conservative | Tim Monckton | 350 | 8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Catherine Smith | 274 | 6.7 | ||
UKIP | James Askwith | 267 | 6.5 | ||
TUSC | Paul Phillips | 59 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 824 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,100 | 60.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kerry Allibhai | 1,522 | 39.9 | ||
Conservative | Sam Lee | 758 | 19.8 | ||
Green | Robert Magowan | 676 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Tom Woodwark | 617 | 16.2 | ||
UKIP | Norman Douglas | 198 | 5.2 | ||
TUSC | Geoff Stokle | 48 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 764 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,819 | 54.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Wood | 2,573 | 65.8 | ||
UKIP | Glen Bolton | 829 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Joan Atkin | 251 | 6.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Boyle | 133 | 3.4 | ||
Green | Josh Adams | 126 | 3.2 | ||
Majority | 1,744 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,912 | 49.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Denholm | 2,410 | 53.3 | ||
UKIP | Joseph Todd | 968 | 21.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Besag | 537 | 11.9 | ||
Conservative | Marian McWilliams | 450 | 10.0 | ||
Green | Thomas Rhodes | 155 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 1,442 | 31.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,520 | 64.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jackie Slesenger | 1,821 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Steve Kyte | 1,804 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | Oscar Avery | 1,318 | 23.3 | ||
Green | Sandy Irvine | 441 | 7.8 | ||
UKIP | Daniel Thompson | 269 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 17 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,653 | 76.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pat Hillicks | 2,443 | 44.6 | +19.1 | |
Labour | Syed Ullah | 1,124 | 20.5 | -12.7 | |
UKIP | Stewart Jackson | 643 | 11.7 | ||
Newcastle First | Ernie Shorton | 585 | 10.7 | -5.3 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline McNally | 450 | 8.2 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Colin Steen | 140 | 2.6 | -12.2 | |
Green | David Tooby | 73 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Independent | William Jobes | 18 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,319 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,476 | 72.4 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +15.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Kingsland | 1,771 | 55.7 | -16.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Moore | 499 | 15.7 | +4.6 | |
Green | Cliff Broen | 254 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
UKIP | Shawkat Al-Baghdadi | 239 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rachel Cullen | 217 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 1,272 | 40.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,180 | 54.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Todd | 2,527 | 62.5 | ||
Conservative | William Kinghorn | 540 | 13.3 | ||
Green | John Pearson | 485 | 278 | ||
UKIP | Christopher Ballantyne | 278 | 6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Farsi | 215 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 1,987 | 49.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,045 | 59.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqui Robinson | 2,284 | 51.7 | ||
UKIP | Paul Armstrong | 884 | 20.0 | ||
Conservative | Julian Toward | 673 | 15.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Phillip McArdle | 341 | 7.7 | ||
Green | Tab Bailey | 132 | 3.0 | ||
Newcastle First | Alan McKenna | 107 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 1,400 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,421 | 56.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ↑ "VIDEO: JESMONDLOCAL HUSTINGS". JesmondLocal. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Political composition of the Council". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Local Elections 2015 - Thursday 7th May, 2015". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Election results by wards: Local Elections 2015 - Thursday 7th May, 2015". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2016.